Romania warns oil firms as decree gives state control
Britain and France warned Romania that compelling British and French oil companies to supply Germany could cause grave complications. A new national petroleum commission gains sweeping powers to control production refining and export and may seize noncompliant firms. Some see German pressure behind the decree amid wartime tensions.
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Bucharest
Britain
France
Rumania
Germany
National Petroleum Commission
Will Release Sewer Project In Hagers Town
A resolution releasing further sections of the sanitary sewer project in northwest Hagerstown is likely to pass at today’s mayor and city council meeting. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney and City Engineer Joseph I. Lyon met with W P A officials to discuss providing extra employment for local workers assigned to the project, aiming to absorb them during the winter lull when relief is needed. The sewer plan, approved months ago in Washington, targets winter employment as street and alley work halt in freezing weather.
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Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Joseph I. Lyon
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio 1939 Net Operating Income Report
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports 1939 net operating income of 25,525,100, up 10,673,306 from 1938. December income was 1,475,120, down 264,551 from December 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Weather bulletin for Maryland and Chesapeake Bay heavy snow
U S Weather Bureau forecast for Maryland calls for heavy snow tonight and Wednesday with colder conditions through Wednesday night and into Thursday and Friday. Chesapeake Bay expected to see over six inches of snow with cold spells and temperatures dropping to fifteen to twenty degrees north and twenty to twenty five degrees south. Winds shift from northeast to strong gale force and back to north and northeast by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
North
South
Two Panhandlers Jailed in North End Case
Richard Davis and Boyd Smith were sentenced to five days in jail for panhandling in the North End. Davis claimed a dead half brother in Baltimore funded his flowers fund, while Smith became offensive after refusal. Magistrate Harry F. Snyder warned longer terms for future panhandlers. Davis denied attacking Eleanor Harman, seized in her Oak Hill Avenue driveway weeks earlier.
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Eleanor Harman
Harry F. Snyder
Richard Davis
John Draper
North End
Davis
Baltimore
Boyd Smith
Winchester
Snyder
House of Correction
Miss Harman
Oak Hill Avenue
State Expert To Open Office Here
Mr. Lauer an income tax expert of the State Comptroller s Office advised Clerk of Court Edward Oswald this morning that he will occupy the juvenile courtroom from February 1 to March 15 to assist state income taxpayers. He invites all persons who must pay a state income tax to call on him for any information or assistance.
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Lauer
State Comptroller's Office
Edward Oswald
Finns take heavy toll as Reds try to break through
Russian troops press Lutheran defense northeast of Lake Ladoga and suffer thousands of casualties. Communique cites about a thousand dead at Vollaanjoki in two days. Artillery clash continues on the Karelian Isthmus as Russian bombers approach Helsinki, repelled by Finnish anti aircraft fire. Dispatches say Russia aims to crush Finland this winter despite western aid prospects.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Germany
Soviet Russia
Poland
Partitioners
German Silesia
Lwow
Jaroslaw
Cernauti
Bukowina
Russia
Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Vollaanjoki
Loimola
Karelian Isthmus
Finland
Karelian
Lake
Ladoga
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Tuner Certainly Fixed This Piano
A man offered to tune a piano for $1 in Indianapolis. He fumbled with keys and strings, promised to return the next day to finish, took the dollar, and never came back, leaving the piano unable to play.
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Indianapolis
Abert Farr
Boonsboro to Build Community Swimming Pool
Boonsboro will gain a 45 by 85 foot pool eight feet deep at one end with bath houses in the community park. Approval of construction announced by Representative William D. Byron, funded by a spring and wells. Excavation begun previously. work to start Thursday with a skeleton crew until weather allows expansion. The park project is about half finished and expected to provide work for many men over four to five months.
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Boonsboro
William D. Byron
Boonsboro Community Park
State bonds sell high as premium paid in issue
Maryland state bonds continued to command a premium today when a syndicate led by Bankers Trust Co of New York paid $101,748 for each $100 bond in a $1,370,000 issue offered by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Bankers Trust Company of New York
Dentist 84 Denies Love Theft Charge in $200000 Suit
In San Rafael California 84 year old Dr Byron Haynes denied stealing the love of Mrs. William Willey 37 in a damages suit filed by her ex husband Captain James H Willey 58. Willey a retired federal steam ship inspector alleges love thefts and seeks 200000. Court proceedings in Belvedere Island with the judge noting they are hearing only this case as the defense objects to questions about other alleged romances. Captain Willey testified about the affair as the trial opened with witnesses and dramatic cross examination.
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San Rafael
Calif
Byron Haynes
William Willey
Willey
James H. Willey
County Supervisors’ Chamber
Bank Robber Slain After Two Holdups
In central Kansas, a 25-year-old unidentified bandit robbed Rushton State Bank then Claflin Bank within 20 minutes. Fred Adams, Claflin City Marshal, shot him as he tried to flee, the man dying at the curb. About $1,800 was taken from Claflin, with an undetermined sum from Rushton.
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Lyons
Kas
Rushton
Claflin
Fred Adams
Kansas
Women s vote proposed for St John s Parish Vestry
The women of St John s Episcopal Parish in Hagerstown may soon gain the right to vote in Vestry elections. Registrar William A Tobias will present a resolution at the Diocesan Convention asking the 156th Annual Convention to grant the church that voting power, citing Maryland law approved March 14, 1922. Last year another parish in the diocese obtained similar permission.
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St. John's Episcopal Parish
William A. Tobias
St. John’s
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of Maryland
Saint John's Parish
Hagerstown
Maryland
Expect More Snow Tonight in Keedysville Area
Weather observer J A Miller notes 5 above in Keedysville with potential snow tonight or tomorrow amid a brisk north wind. D Paul Oswald reports Chewsville at four above. yesterday 31. County Agent Moore says snow insulates wheat and grasses, preventing heavy grain damage. Dredgeboats return to harbor after drift ice hinders oyster fleet. all boats back at Annapolis according to a dispatch.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Middle West
Chewsville
D. Paul Oswald
Milt D. Moore
Chesapeake Bay Ie
Parker's Rock Bar
Annapolis
Frederick County Sees Ten-Year Drop in School Enrollment
Frederick County reports the lowest enrollment in a decade with 11,414 students in 1930 and a decline to under 11,000 in 1939. Washington County also shows a decline, reflecting a broader regional trend in public schools.
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Washington County
Frederick County
Frederick
Two fined in tampering case at Pen Mar Smithsburg
George and Lester Fox, young Chambersburg residents, were arrested Sunday at Pen Mar on a charge of tampering with an automobile. They were fined $5 and costs by Magistrate E. G. Miller at Smithsburg this morning.
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George and
Lester Fox
Chambersburg
Pen Mar
E. G. Miller
Smithsburg
Narcotic Addicts Walk Off Habit Amid War Alerts
Washington reports snuggled narcotics are weak due to war era border vigilance. IT. J. Anslinger, head of the Narcotics Bureau, told a House subcommittee that smugglers are harder to cross, drug purity is down to about 4 percent, and many addicts are actually using sugar and only have a mental habit.
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Washington
Congress
J. Anslinger
Narcotics Bureau
Still Probing Bank Robbery in Clearspring
Officers continue an exhaustive probe into the Clearspring bank robbery from last month. A series of photographs of suspects were scanned by bank employees to aid identification. Investigating officers say no let up will occur until every clue is followed and every suspect checked.
State's Attorney To Teach Police Session
Charles F. War aman will lecture at the police school with two talks on criminal law. The afternoon session is set for 2 45 and the evening talk at 7 45.
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Charles F. Waraman
Girl, 17, Turns In False Alarms to Wake Family
Baltimore police say a 17 year old girl arrived home early and could not wake her sleeping family. She set off two fire alarms hoping the engines would rouse her parents. The family did not wake, and officers found her cold and shaking in the yard. she was jailed.
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Baltimore
Two Men Killed In Truck Crash On Washington Boulevard
Two men died when their truck collided with a stalled vehicle waiting at a traffic light on the Washington Baltimore Boulevard near Beltsville Maryland. Identified as Willards Williams Laurel Delaware driver and Senser Esposito Bronx New York City.
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Washington
Washington- Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville
Willards, Williams
Help For Stricken Family At Hancock
Hancock citizens and relief groups organize to aid two Younker families after a fire killed a mother and three children. The eight survivors will receive housing, furnishings, and necessities with Red Cross and county relief support.
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Hancock
County Rebef
The
Red Cross
Citizensn Dt Ie
Bank Directors Elect Rowland as President
Directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank organized this morning electing Harry R. Rowland of Paramount to succeed the late Frank W. Mish Sr. as president. Harry Ditto was elected first vice president and J Hubert Stotelmyer second vice president and cashier, Omer T. Kaylor secretary and counsel, and J Silvia Unger chairman of the executive committee.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Harry R. Rowland
Paramount
Frank W. Mish, Sr
Harry
Teetotalers Voice Dry Capitol In Freezing Jan Day
Oklahoma City report notes a cold spell as pipes froze at the capitol leaving state workers without water. Gov. Leon C. Phillips, a leading dry proponent since taking office, presides over a notably dry capital during the chill.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Man Invites Stranger In Then Reports Theft Rings
Pittsburgh police report Dominick Valenti invited a pedestrian who helped push his snow stalled car to a warm dinner. The stranger afterward fled with two rings valued at 135 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Dominick Valenti
Valenti
Water main break ends Funkstown water mystery
After days of unexplained water loss in Funkstown the shortage stopped when a 6 inch main burst in the town square. The incident followed a 6.3 million gallon day and involved repair work with assistance from Hagerstown and the local water department.
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Funkstown
Albert Seard
Water Department
Potomac
Williamsport
West End
Hagerstown
Coast Guard Delivers Medical Supplies to Smith Island
A patrol boat broke through thick Tangier Sound ice to reach Smith Island Md in response to residents call for medicine and milk for babies. The Island Belle remains ice-locked in the harbor.
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Crisfield, Md
Smith Island
Coast Guard
Tangier Sound
Another Ice Age on Way Thousands of Years Off
Washington report says another ice age is forecast far in the future by USGS geologist Wilmot H. Bradley. Using ocean mud cores analyzed with Carnegie Institution help, Bradley outlines a long climate history of alternating warm and cold spells, noting last ice age ended about 46,000 to 50,000 years ago.
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Washington
Wilmot H. Bradley
United States Geological Survey
Charles S. Piggot
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Bradley
Atlantic
Hemisphere
Mason and Dixon Line
Equator
Morgenthau Calls For Raising Debt Limit To 50 Billion
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to raise the federal debt limit to 50 billion and to balance the budget by cutting expenditures and raising taxes. He testified before the House Appropriations Committee on the 1941 supply bill, saying he would not specify tax types, and noted no danger in the plan. The hearing report was released today, with Morgenthau suggesting a later review when debt nears 49 billion.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
Ruby Jackson Will Probated
The will of Miss Ruby Jackson probated by the Orphans Court disposes of about $40,000. She operated the Ruby Jackson Shop on North Potomac street. Bequests range from $100 to $1,000, with niece Ruby Ridenour Artz receiving the residue and personal effects. Executors are The Second National Bank and Leo H. Miller.
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Ruby Jackson
Orphans’ Court
Miss Jackson
North Potomac Street
Ruby Ridenour Artz
Edward Artz
Artz
Pearl Baker
Ruby Elizabeth Ridenour
Mildred Snodderly
Bessie Jackson
First Baptist Church
Orville O. Barnes
Earl W. Jackson
Bradford
Kendrick Jackson
Alice Clinton
Fruit Growers Meeting Downtown With Attendees From Five States
Several score of leading orchardists from Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia West Virginia and Maryland attend the annual meeting and luncheon of the East Central Fruit Growers Production Credit Association. Phil H. Gold of Winchester Virginia serves as president and presides. The luncheon is at Beck's Tavern.
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East Central Fruit Growers Production Credit Association
Beck’s Tavern
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Phil H. Gold
Winchester
Lewis accuses McNutt of buying votes for president
Columbus, Jan 23. John L. Lewis charged that Paul V. McNutt, Federal Social Security Administrator, hoped with a “motley crew of two per cent bagmen” to buy enough votes to make him President of the United States.
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Columbus, CO
Johnl. Lewis
Paul V. McNutt
United States
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Francis A. Countway
Lever Brothers Company
Cambridge
Mass
Countway
Wade Werner
Waynes
Belvedere Island
Second Bank
White House
Roosevelt
Bolling Field
United States Air Force
Harry Woodring
George Brett
Army Air Corps
C.P
H. R. Rowland
BANK
Farmers and Merchants
Teetotalers
Milk Beach Island
Tam
Fruit Growers
Lewis Raps
McNutt
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